Why Only Cow Milk?

[RedTomato]

Those descendant from Europeans are more likely to have both the habit and tolerance for drinking cow's milk.

Not so fast Batman. I went on a recent trip to Sweden / Finland, and low or lactose-free milk has become a massive industry there.

Many restaurants there indicate on their menus which dishes are low lactose or lactose free. (Seemed to be more common than indicating which dishes are vegetarian which was rather annoying for me)

I asked a Finnish friend about it, but she wasn't very up on health issues, and just said "oh it's becoming more common in Finland that people are finding they're lactose intolerant."

Finland is about as white European as you can get.

 

[blairwillis]

I drink soy milk. However, I have never personally attempted to milk a soy.

 

[RedTomato]

I drink soy milk. However, I have never personally attempted to milk a soy.

Why is soy milk white, but soy sauce is black?

Does it come from black soy sheep?

 

[mgargan1]

"i have nipples greg, can you milk me?"

name that movie

 

[Fuzzy14]

"i have nipples greg, can you milk me?"

name that movie

Either Meet the Parents or Meet the Fokkers?

 

[mgargan1]

Either Meet the Parents or Meet the Fokkers?

Meet the parents. Congratulations...!! Sorry, I don't have anything to give you though...

 

[nbs2]

And to all those who are wondering, since I have a 5 week old baby boy I can confirm that human milk tastes much like cows milk only a bit sweeter.

Which makes sense since, as I understand it, one of the reasons that cow milk is frowned upon for infants (compared with formula - clearly breast is best) is that their kidneys can't handle the higher sodium content.

 

[Rhosfelt]

"...you can milk anything with tits..."

Anyone remembers this quote?

I have tits "Focker"...can you milk me?

 

[palmerized]

Funny, my wife and I were talking about cow's milk recently. We have a newborn who's breast feeding so I think that's how it came up.

Keep something in mind, we're the only species that drinks milk past infancy. I've lately been thinking it's unnatural based on all the hormones now in milk. Think of it as well that cow's are eating grass, which has prolly been spayed with pesticides. This will get concentrated in it's milk. Same thing goes with humans. When a mother drinks alcohol, it's transfered to the baby via the milk.

Oh - someone mentioned the yellow-ish thick milk cow's have just after birth, this is called Colostrum, and women get it too for the first couple of days. This is very rich in "good" bacteria that will actually help the babies immune system during the first years of life. It's actually VERY important.

The World Health Organization recommends infants drink mother's milk for one to two years as it contains many antibiotics and nutrients needed for kids to properly grow. After this time, milk (human or cow) isn't needed. There are plenty of other ways to get your calcium than milk.

Anyway, that's my two cents.

 

[RedTomato]

I've lately been thinking it's unnatural based on all the hormones now in milk. Think of it as well that cow's are eating grass, which has prolly been spayed with pesticides. This will get concentrated in it's milk. Same thing goes with humans. When a mother drinks alcohol, it's transfered to the baby via the milk.

I think I saw somewhere that human breastmilk can sometimes be classified as a toxic substance for this very reason. Pesticides and other chemicals are highly concentrated in fatty tissue, and the higher up the food chain you are, the more concentrated it gets in you.

There must be only few women in the world who could describe their breast milk as organic.

We only buy organic milk for breakfast and other uses.

The World Health Organization recommends infants drink mother's milk for one to two years as it contains many antibiotics and nutrients needed for kids to properly grow. After this time, milk (human or cow) isn't needed. There are plenty of other ways to get your calcium than milk.

Yes, I think the WHO recommends 1 year as the MINIMUM amount of time to breastfeed. In Finland and other Scandinavia countries, something like 90% of mothers breastfeed this long. In the UK, it's about 6%.

My partner breastfed our daughter up to about 2 and a half. (along with her eating normal babyfood at the standard ages) Our daughter tapered off and stopped when she felt like it, at a time of her own choosing.

We have friends who want to do the same, but can't cos of work, social expectations, and other pressures. Scandinavia made a big effort at addressing these pressures, which is why they have such a high percentage.